I'm wondering if the best approach to going full Linux would be to copy-paste somebodies' benchmark because surely if I get a brand new purpose built PC with all the right components? I bring this up because I remember how when I was messing around with Linux mint awhile back and I had very little time the damn wireless adaptor I had wouldn't even get detected.
The steam deck would potentially be the next best thing I suppose and have a different Linux distro installed on that. Going to have to have a think about it and I'm making this thread because I wonder if there have been people who have done proper experiments on this because I do think the hardware lottery is real with Linux.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted as it's a fine question to ask but I'd suggest a bigger pool of people to get answers from. Like one of the subreddits devoted to your favourite distro.
Wouldn't downvote it but he's not exactly using hardware lottery correctly as I understand it. He seems to be talking about just general hardware compatibility problems with Linux.
Hardware lottery as I know it is for intra product variability. Buying the same product from the same manufacturer guarantees the same rated minimum performance, but in reality no two pieces of silicone are exactly identical and each individual card/chip has it's own potential overclocking limit. You have no control over what you get, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope you win the hardware lottery and get a chip that can overclock especially high.
Ew reddit? No thanks lol, as for the downvote I'm 99% sure now it's a bot that some weirdo sicced on me that keeps following me around because it happens instantly if I post on this particular community. Also worth noting the bot problem is far worse on reddit.